Greece: Information on whether a foreigner married to a female Greek citizen would have been able to obtain permanent residence status in Greece from 1990 to present, on the procedures that must currently be followed in order for a foreigner married to a female Greek citizen to obtain permanent residence status, on the rights currently conferred upon a foreigner who marries a female Greek citizen and who obtains permanent residence status, on whether the Greek authorities are obliged to grant a foreigner who marries a female Greek citizen permanent residence status or whether there are conditions under which they may withhold such status, and on whether the issuance of Greek passports to children who have passports of another country, and who were born in the late 1970s and early 1980s of a female Greek citizen and a foreigner, signifies that the children are Greek citizens
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 February 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GRC26267.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Greece: Information on whether a foreigner married to a female Greek citizen would have been able to obtain permanent residence status in Greece from 1990 to present, on the procedures that must currently be followed in order for a foreigner married to a female Greek citizen to obtain permanent residence status, on the rights currently conferred upon a foreigner who marries a female Greek citizen and who obtains permanent residence status, on whether the Greek authorities are obliged to grant a foreigner who marries a female Greek citizen permanent residence status or whether there are conditions under which they may withhold such status, and on whether the issuance of Greek passports to children who have passports of another country, and who were born in the late 1970s and early 1980s of a female Greek citizen and a foreigner, signifies that the children are Greek citizens, 1 February 1997, GRC26267.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acc070.html [accessed 19 May 2023] |
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For information on residence status of and the rights conferred thereby for a non-citizen male married to a female Greek citizen, please consult Response to Information Request GRC17497.E of 9 June 1994. Additional information on the above-mentioned topics could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
DIRB databases.
Tolley's Immigration and Nationality Law and Practice [Croydon, England]. Quarterly.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral sources.
